Nearly anyone who has worked as a consultant knows that projects are broken down into sections, with those sections...
Writing
Seasonal Haiku
It's time for something light. Days are getting longer, a minute or two each day. Tempers are getting shorter, because...
An Interview With An Author, Part II
Welcome back. I'm your Intrepid Reporter interviewing Betsy Ashton, author of the incredibly chilling EYES WITHOUT A...
Writing as Catharsis
Over the past few weeks, I've had many conversations with readers about where writers find their ideas. Do we write...
Empowerment
I want to talk about empowerment. Empowering women, to be exact. I often use an image of Wonder Woman as my avatar...
Villages
Over the past two weekends, I've had the pleasure of meeting many writers and readers at two separate conferences. At...
Ampersands, A Happy Symbol
We've all seen the tee-shirt: "Let's eat Grandma. Let's eat, Grandma. Commas save lives." And every writer is familiar...
National Girlfriends Day
That's right. Today, August 1, is National Girlfriends Day. I might of missed it if my gal pal, Kim Dalferes, fellow...
Paying Homage to Anne Lamott’s Shitty First Drafts
Anne Lamott will forever by memorialized (even though she is very much alive) for coining the phrase, “shitty first...
How to Annoy a Stranger in Public
We've all had those moments when we wanted to escape the presence of a stranger who trapped us in a conversation. As...
Writers Groups
Writers groups and book clubs are too frequently short-lived. Writers and readers come together with common goals, and...
When a Publisher Goes Out of Business
When a publisher goes out of business it's more than a mere business decision. Publishers have authors, editors, book...